Remembering 1916 Conference Agenda

Queen's University
Belfast

Learning with Purpose

University of
Massachusetts

LIVING

LEGACIES

Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, The Battle of the
Somme and Impact on Lowell—A Public Engagement

Conference

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 -
Thursday, September 8, 2016

UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
50 Warren Street
Lowell, MA 01852

7-8 p.m. Introductions and Keynote Address

Conference Introduction

Chair: Victoria Denoon, Co-Director, Center for Irish Partnerships

Speakers: Dr. Jacqueline F. Moloney, Chancellor of UMass Lowell

The Honorable Martin T. Meehan, President, UMass
Professor Audrey Homing, Queen’s University Belfast.

Keynote Address

Title: Remembering 1916: Legacy and Commemoration

Chair: Professor Keith Lilley, ‘Living Legacies 1914 - 1918’, Queen’s

University Belfast

Speaker: William Blair, Head of Human History, National Museums Northern

Ireland

Location: Lower Locks, 1 st Floor

Thursday, September 8, 2016

8-9 a.m.

9 - 9:15 a.m.

9:15 -10 a.m.

10 -10:45 a.m.

10:45 -11 a.m.

11- 11:45 a.m.

11:45 -12:30 p.m.

12:30 -1:30 p.m.

Conference Registration

Location: Hallway outside Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

Conference Welcome

Chair: Victoria Denoon, Co-Director, Center for Irish Partnerships

Speaker: The Honorable Fionnuala Quinlan, Consul General of Ireland to Boston

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

From Past Conflict to Shared Future: Exploring the ‘Living Legacies’ of World
War 1 and 1916

Chair: Professor Audrey Homing, Queen’s University Belfast

Speaker: Professor Keith Lilley, ‘Living Legacies 1914 - 1918’, Queen’s

University Belfast

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

Remembering 1916: Session 1 - Community Engagement in Northern Ireland

Chair: Dr. Steve McCarthy, Co-Director, Center for Irish Partnership

Speaker: Dr. Kurt Taroff, Queen’s University Belfast

Sophie Long, PhD Candidate, Queen's University Belfast
Location: Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

Coffee /Tea Break

Excavating 1916: Community Archaeology in Action

Chair: Erin Caples, Associate Director, Center for Irish Partnerships

Speaker: Prof. Keith Lilley, ‘Living Legacies 1914 - 1918’, Queen’s University

Belfast

Heather Montgomery, Queen’s University Belfast
Location: Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

Memorializing 1916: The Rising, Tradition and Social Memory

Chair: Ruairi O’Mahony, Associate Director, Center for Irish Partnerships

Speakers: Dr. Tomas Mac Conmara, Manager, Cork Folklore Project

Thomas O’Mahony, Cork Folklore Project
Location: Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor

Lunch

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1 st Floor

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Exhibiting 1916: Community Engagement and Curating Practices

Chair: Steven Rogers, Senior Director of Development, UMass Lowell

Speaker: William Blair, Head of Human History, National Museums Northern

Ireland

Fiona Byrne, ‘Living Legacies 1914 - 1918’, Queen's University
Belfast

Sophie Long, PhD Candidate, Queen's University Belfast
Location: Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor

2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Remembering 1916: Session II - Irish-American Identity and Remembrance

Chair: Dr. Frank Talty, Co-Director, Center for Irish Partnerships

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor

Title: “Lowell and the Rising: What Do the Newspapers Tell Us?"

Speaker: Professor Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Title: “Lowell’s Contributions to World War I”

Speaker: Eileen Loucraft, Lowell Historical Society

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Irish-American Connections: Reflecting on 1916 and 2016 - a Roundtable

Chair: Professor Keith Lilley, ‘Living Legacies 1914 - 1918’, Queen’s

University Belfast

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor

4:30 - 6 p.m. Conference Closing and Reception

Location: Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor